Brighton and surroundings good sites?

[edgueinart]

Hi there,My name is Joe and I am a new member of UK Butterflies and Butterfly Conservation.
I want to try and photograph some Butterflies this year,anyone know of some sites near Brighton that are good and what species can I expect there?
Thanks a lot.
Regards

Joe

[Pete Eeles]

Hi Joe - and welcome.

Take a look here:

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/sites_ng ... r_name=All

Cheers,

- Pete

[edgueinart]

Thanks Pete.

[Colin Knight]

Joe, some sites I enjoy round the Brighton area:

For White-letter Hairstreaks at Hollingbury Park see Sunday 10 July 2011 at:
http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/ol ... y2011.html
my blog: http://colinknight.blogspot.com/2011/07 ... gbury.html

Try Wolstonbury Hill for Small Blue, Small Brown and an Adonis Blue:
http://colinknight.blogspot.com/2009/05 ... rious.html
http://colinknight.blogspot.com/2010/05 ... ghton.html

Mill Hill, Shoreham is not far away is an excellent site for many species. Also in early April last year the adders were mating and could be easily seen.

Keep an eye on the Sussex BC Events page where 2012 guided walks will be published soon:
http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/events.html
good hunting!
Colin

[Mark Senior]

Hi Joe ,
Welcome to the site

Depending on how mobile you are , your first site visits for the spring butterflies , Grizzled and Dingy Skippers , for example , should be Castle Hill NR at Woodingdean or a bit farther away Mill Hill at Shoreham . Beacon Hill at Rottingdean is always worth a visit a bit later in the year especially for Marbled Whites . Wild Park at Moulescombe is also a good site within Brighton itself .

[Perseus]

Mill Hill Reports 2011
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/MillHill2011.html

Mill Hill and its Butterflies
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/MillHill2009Article.htm


First Adur Butterfly Dates 2003 to 2011
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/ButterfliesFFT.htm

Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2011.html